March tsunami timeline

[rbakker]

If I'm not mistaken, the earthquake in Japan happened at 7:46 PM (March 10th) in Hawaii. I'm told we received an automated phone call from civil defence at about 8:30 PM. Would that be correct? If so, I'm very impressed.

I can't remember for sure if I signed up for phone alerts. Did everyone in Hawaii receive that phone call?

[Kelena]

I received it, and I live in Oceanside, California.

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by rbakker

If I'm not mistaken, the earthquake in Japan happened at 7:46 PM (March 10th) in Hawaii. I'm told we received an automated phone call from civil defence at about 8:30 PM. Would that be correct? If so, I'm very impressed.

I can't remember for sure if I signed up for phone alerts. Did everyone in Hawaii receive that phone call?

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I am signed up and got a text msg not a phone call.

[KeaauRich]

I signed up for text and phone. Got the text fairly early and the phone call about an hour later.

[spunky]

I found out on Facebook in a post from the news site Mauinow.com, more than 20 minutes BEFORE getting the phone call from Civil Defense.

I was at the gas station filling my tank by the time I got the call from CD.

Rbakker - you only get the call if you are signed up for Citywatch.

[missydog1]

I got one, but I can't remember when exactly. I am signed up.

Carey had a topic up on Punaweb within five minutes of the quake, and I knew about the quake within one minute due to being signed up for emails on quakes from USGS, which is why I went to Punaweb right away to post about it in case it was not already posted.

Hawaii TV interrupted programming and went to full coverage at about 9 pm.

"let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by ~ Before the Deluge, Jackson Browne

[rbakker]

Thanks for all the information so far!

KathyH, I signed up to the USGS alerts as well after reading your tip, but I don't receive their emails until at least half an hour after the quake. Next time you get one, could you check the times? Hawaii is 10 hours behind UTC. Thanks.

I vaguely remember signing up for phone alerts, but this is the first one we've ever received. I often get emails about flash flooding on the Big Island but no calls except this one.

[missydog1]

OK, I will check ...
When there's been a local quake that was big enough to come through on USGS, it showed up in about five minutes.

I no longer have the ones from the big quake.

[missydog1]

rbakker,
you are right; it took a half hour. I went and found Carey's quake topic, and by the time stamp on my post I can see I learned of it around 8:10-15. Good to know.

I will add an edit note in my earlier post to say I was wrong about how quick it was.
I suppose I could look at my cell phone bill and maybe see when the CD call came in.

[missydog1]

That's odd. There's no incoming call on my cell, and no text message for that time frame. I definitely got something from them, and I'm pretty sure it was an automated call. I was already glued to the TV for the news, so I didn't pay much attention to it.